Havergate Island, Suffolk

Historical Description

Havergate Island, formerly an extra-parochial tract, now a parish in Suffolk, contiguous to Crouch Harbour, and separated only by a narrow belt of water from the mainland, U mile S from Orford. Acreage, 264; population, 4. The land is sometimes used for grazing purposes, but there is only a boathouse here.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Havergate Island from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Havergate-Island)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online:

• The Ipswich Journal
• East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News
• Bury and Norwich Post
• Bury Free Press